Is this an old issue, or one that only exists in recent versions of
Ubuntu?
I've never had any problems, but I always use Ubuntu's Alternate
install, which I'm guessing would have more textual warnings and whatnot
since it is a text-based installer after all.
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 18:58 +0200, Arno Wagner wrote
> The dm-crypt mailing list (archive here:
>http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt)
> has had several reports that the Ubuntu installer creates
> new LUKS partitions (encrypted partitions) on top of exisiting
> ones without giving adequate warning and at the same time
> giving the impression that the existing LUKS partition would be
> activated. The rather clear warning and verification question
> asked by the cryptsetup tool seems to get disabled with the
> "--batch-mode" option.